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Best Google Search Alternatives That You Can Prefer To Use

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Google without any kind of doubt can be considered as one of the really amazing search engines and also undoubtedly the most popular search engine. But aren’t you really bored of using the same kind of search engine for years? Don’t you wish to have some change? So, here bring you some of the best alternative ways and alternative search engines, things for the Google search. Check out these Google search alternatives for you.

Google search alternatives

DuckDuckGo

If you are much concerned about your privacy while you search for things online, then Google should not be your ultimate choice for searching as it is not a search engine which has privacy features at the utmost level. But DuckDuckGo. This search engine has got some really exclusive features that are worth using it and switching from Google search. This is probably one of the best Google search alternatives.

Amazon Prime Photos

If you think Google photos is your ultimate source for managing photos on the web, then you are absolutely wrong. Amazon prime photos is another amazing source for you for managing and storing images, pictures on the web. It offers you unlimited photo storage online. You will be needing Amazon Prime account for this.

Yahoo News

Google news isn’t the main source for providing news. It aggregates news from different sources and presents you the results, but if you think you need some news for the original source and want to try something new and different from Google, then Yahoo News is definitely a great try. It not only aggregates news but also has its original articles.

Gmail is, of course, the popularly used mailing service, but definitely, Outlook can be your immediate and best choice if in case you feel bored with Gmail and Google services.

In the same way, you can make use of Dropbox or Onedrive instead of using Google drive, so don’t ever think that Google is our ultimate source of online data storage as there are several options available.

Google may make you feel convenient but don’t forget these other amazing options to try.

Privacy Friendly Android Apps You Should Prefer To Use

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There are Android apps available in the Play store for almost everything and anything. But everyone is most concerned about their privacy with increased awareness and all. If you are also one such a person who cares the most about your privacy, then do check out these privacy friendly Android apps that you can use instead of the most used apps on your device.

Privacy Friendly Android Apps

DuckDuckGo:

A browser is definitely one of the most used applications in all our devices and we just can’t survive without the browser on our device. But Chrome is the browser that we all might be dependent on and some may rely on Opera. But they are not privacy-friendly.

You can try DuckDuckGo instead of sticking yourself to Chrome, Opera or UC browser. It doesn’t save any personal information, even hides your IP address from websites. It doesn’t save your searches. So, give it a try.

F-Droid

Google Play store as we all know has been the default store app that we all will be relying on and it is a disaster when you consider its privacy. So, if you are privacy concerned and would like to secure your privacy, then F-Droid. It doesn’t keep track of your device or even your activities. You don’t have to have an account to get apps downloaded from this app store.

OI File Manager

This file manager allows you to save your privacy to the utmost level and you can stay safe while your files are secure all the time. It is ad-free and doesn’t require any internet access. You can do all the various functions that you will need through a file manager through this OI File Manager.

Telegram

WhatsApp has been the popular messaging service that we all have been addicted to. But Telegram is one of the most privacy-friendly android apps.  It works faster and it is also the secure messaging service.

So, we hope you make your life secure by shifting to these privacy friendly Android apps.

A search engine with awesome features that Google doesn’t have

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Google search is a king that we can say without any doubt. And it has many awesome features that I have mentioned in my earlier articles. But it still lacks some features that the DuckDuckGo search engine is offering us. So why don’t we try it as well. Here I am going to tell you about the most interesting features that the DuckDuckGo search engine has.

Search using bangs:

You can search many popular websites right from the address bar itself by using these bangs. For example if you want to search computer era, use the bang !computerera or !ce followed by your search query and then if you press enter, you will be directed to the computer era results page.

For YouTube, the bang is !yt, and for Gmail !gmail, and there are currently about 8413 bangs available.

Get Cheatsheets:

Type a particular app name, operating system, or any service name followed by cheatsheet and then press enter which will present you with the cheatsheet of the particular app, service or platform that you have asked for. But you have to be a bit specific while asking.

Check websites whether they are down:

You are trying to open a particular website but you can’t, in that situation you would have wondered and doubted whether the website is down for others as well or not. In such case you can even check the status of the website if it is down or not. Just type is <website> down and it will give you the result instantly.

To turn the instant answers feature just go to Settings>General>Instant Settings>On. Make sure it is on and you can generate passwords, find coupons and check websites.

Colour Codes:

You want colour codes and looking for them one by one is not good. DuckDuckGo gives you all the colour codes of all the colours just in one table if you just search with the keyword colour codes.

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Switch Text Case:

This feature is actually find in word and other text editing apps or softwares but not in any browser. But DuckDuckGo has it, it actually converts the text to lowercase, uppercase and titlecase. You just have to type the keyword followed by your text in the search and press enter that’s it.

Generate QR Codes:

Generating QR Codes for anything is just so easy with the help of DuckDuckGo. You just type QR followed by the website address and typing enter will present you with the QR Code and it gives you the convenience of opening the website in your phone without having to type the address.

Find App alternatives:

Yes, DuckDuckGo offers you this feature as well. You can search for the alternatives of a particular app by just typing alternative to followed by the app name and press enter, that’s it, it will show you the result.

Isn’t this search engine looks so useful and interesting. So do try it for sure.

 

Written By: Satyapriya Buddhavarapu